Rather than use a destroyer or large yacht, he stood in the cockpit of a 50-foot cruiser tossing and yawing in the choppy mouth of Oslofjord. Crown Prince Olav reviewed our battleship division as we steamed for Portsmouth, England.

Grosvenor recalled, “Leaving Norway, we witnessed a magnificent demonstration of seamanship. In their June 1948 National Geographic article documenting the cruise, Midshipmen William J. When the division departed for Portsmouth, England, they were reviewed by Crown Prince Olav of Norway. It is conceivable that Norway's King Haakon VII presented this to Conolly during his inspection of the battleship on July 2. Conolly, U.S.N., COMNAVEASTLANT, Oslo-Norway-July-1947' around a scene of the Atlantic Ocean that includes the coasts of North and South America, as well as Europe and Africa. Conolly's flagship, the battleship New Jersey, is depicted along with a Viking ship to tie this visit to Leif Ericson's voyage from Norway to North America in the year 1000. The unknown artisan hand painted the words 'Admiral Richard L. Midshipmen learned the tasks of daily life at sea and the skills needed to successfully run a ship during peacetime and in war. Though port calls offered a welcome distraction, the cruise offered valuable training in gunnery, seamanship, and shipboard operations. There impressive itinerary for the cruise included Edinburgh, Oslo, Copenhagen, London and Guantanamo Bay. Naval Academy with its eager complement on June 7 and set to return in late August. He commanded a task force that carried over 2,000 midshipmen on a training cruise across the Atlantic that summer. Joining the flagship USS New Jersey (BB-62), was the USS Wisconsin (BB-64) and several destroyers.

Soon to be President of the Naval War College, Conolly was then Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. This decorative ceramic plate commemorates Admiral Richard L. Conolly's visit to Oslo, Norway in July of 1947.

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